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1978
It all started back in 1978 when Mario Rubio, rolling a burrito, notices skillet burns on a tortilla resembling the face of Jesus Christ. Shortly thereafter, 8,000 curious pilgrims trek to the Rubios' small stucco house in rural New Mexico to view the sacred icon. Mrs. Rubio leaves her house unlocked so that visitors may freely enter and examine the tortilla. (Newsweek, Aug. 14, 1978)
Santuario de Chimayó - Over
300,000 people visit this sacred site every year. Believed to be built on sacred
earth with miraculous healing powers, the legendary shrine El Santuario de
Chimayó, is probably the most visited church in New Mexico. The crucifix which
began the original shrine still resides on the chapel alter, but for some reason
its curative powers have been overshadowed by El Posito, the "sacred sand
pit" from which it sprang.
Each year during Holy Week thousands of people make a pilgrimage to Chimayó to
visit the Santuario and take away a bit of the sacred dirt. Pilgrims walk a few
yards or a hundred miles. Many claim to have been cured there of diseases,
infirmities and unhappiness. The walls of the sacristy are hung with discarded
crutches and before-and-after photographs as evidence of the healing. (The
New Mexico Tourism Department)
2005 - Testimonial of Rick Lucero - "I have seen the Tortilla and it was delicious!!" (Gregsday, Aug. 7, 2005)
KINGSTON, Ontario - An eastern Ontario man is hoping to make a bit of money by auctioning a fish stick he says looks like Jesus. Fred Whan, who has kept the fish stick in his freezer since burning it at dinner a year ago, decided Tuesday that it was time to thaw it out so he could sell it on eBay. A Florida woman recently sold a decade-old grilled cheese sandwich with the toasty visage of what's purported to be the Virgin Mary for $28,000, according to the eBay Web site.(AZCentral.com, November 26, 2004)
sandwich whose owner claimed it bore the image of the Virgin Mary. Diana
Duyser put the sandwich up for sale last week, drawing bids as high as $22,000
before eBay pulled the item Sunday night. The page was viewed nearly 100,000
times before being taken down. An e-mail Duyser received from eBay said the
sandwich broke its policy, which "does not allow listings that are intended
as jokes." But, Duyser, a jewelry designer who has bought and sold items on
eBay for two years, insisted this was not a laughing matter. "How could
eBay do this to me?" Duyser said Monday, hours before the online auction
was supposed to have ended. Duyser thought eBay would be the best place to show
off the sandwich, made on plain white bread with American cheese. It was cooked
with no oil or butter. Duyser, 52, said she took a bite after making it 10 years
ago and saw a face staring back at her from the bread. She put the sandwich in a
clear plastic box with cotton balls and kept it on her night stand. At first,
she was scared by the image, "but now that I realize how unique it is, I
wanted to share it with the world," Duyser said. The sandwich, she added,
has never sprouted a spore of mold. (MIAMI, Florida, AP 2004)
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